The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-02-03

passage of Scvlla and Charybdis of ancient tra-
dition. As the last day of 1856 drew to close,
the ship was ont of sight of land battlin. with
the heaviest storm experienced in that locality
for years, and several days overdue.
The foregoing is from the New York Herald.
For further details of the loss of the ship we
give the following from the San Francisco
Chronicle of Jan. 9th:
There is always something picturesque about
the story Of >hipwreck when given in the
words OF seafarln% man who has actually par
ticipated in the scenes which he describes. but
the story becomes wonderfully when the
peril has been of an extraordinary nature and
when the narrator is almost the sole survivor
of Il large crew. Such Il tale related in such IL
picturesque fashion was that told to Il Chroni-
Gle reporter Yesterday morning by L. j. Cu>ll-
man. first mate of the ship Harvey Mills, which
foundered oil Cape Flattery on December 18th
last. The mate who is wiry little man of
about b years of age. arrived in this city yes
terday morning at . O'clock in company with
two fellow survivors, on board the Orizaba,
from san Pedro. to which port they had been
taken by the bark Majestic. When seen by the
Chronicle reporter he was seated in the office
of Hermann. Mills Il Co.. Stevcdorc>. and no
one seeing his chccry. >unburncd face. watch
III" his merry eyes OF hearing his frequent
laugh and light words would have imagined
that he bad recently looked death in The face
for three days, and that he had seen Il score of
|
We were toWeu TO Lori lo"h>ehd from
It''i.c Oh i,e't'il'ei iI'n' s'ia 'iit l'att ~"
Wv nv "". f'"'Veuc" " ,V' II, t1M VI .iie
,,I'o"l ~, siir IT. WIS aonu' ua! !l,Tl oi ne
| wind being fresh from the southeast we matie
sail and stood out. The Harvey Mills had
| '!'" VI t"'', -H''' ioiF '''' al t"i''p'Snu ui
~ N"i''''' -. =. i'M iol"' III =, i'l'''' - -
Benson: third mate. W illiam Campbell: stew
ard. cook. carpenter and eighteen >eamen.
olc n'' hc'! on 10 '.-oV 'oll> oi roAl on
''''t'l. ,: III r,-ui." ''ni''St wa" -''' ''">'
~ 'll.' Mi''e 40 o' mean 10 ss lil' >le was
M ~ ,;'i >pt '''u Inc VA & .'i ~
ii' n'le .ohN t"lth,'. 'ooid' me T"' MY hceh
wen p.'' on po"E,'' however. aiid "on 'hihk
| :, n >hlii'" d VI, "'e"u>c 1 iU'!''.l "i'i "ii'>
aia' "leitNcr mere was l'i III 'lie ,torlli >he
li-l't" ''l'i '"ur "! an tN'H heti' lh> STORM
;'ii', o "'o,'. !" N'o'h oi' iut>"Is ''iolhi'i7.
Ih' l lHii' an" Two hour. al!er ihe lorc-i0l-Sal-
I'nl ~. "',i' ~ ~ ""i 'trolt me 'i'll oi
'ann"h. W 'ooN ~ >oihe VI t''e r;'nN"> ihth
l,'l llh' W','i kept on ih.rr">'" ann we ial,itd
''i' ~ 'f ,"i'In> a. I'o'h, III 'liii a.te!
."9h me Wil' "'eW 'ar'er aiil nar'icf; untll II
h'u risen 10 3aie' me nhe Oh Whi'h hai
| never tAlfTl'l'eh AS tnc evening came ON
'ii' seas i't-ai to run yer! heavy and the snip
h"''ti any 'aoie'' ''a l''ii,Se'' y lhou9ii >lie
| "ou''i >"rtit 20 10 pieces >ie >lumhed along
win hrr port taiirall mostly Under water. the
| Miha ho"I'h9 WORSE tlai ever a'h lhc waves
",,lhI1' 1'i'S ~ 'lh' IVY
9tii, 'ho"@it the snip would weather
thr"ii-h an fl-ht' h'it iih"fit thi> tine l nap
| peh'" 10 20 mo my room ana lounu Ii lui "i
| "'tel, nt'e,' IL oi'', "ipeH II dl! ana lii
| turieu l" I'm tle pof' hott aih' grating. "ltl.
on look!h- around. SAW I" my ton>erlat'oh
W W" '.io room WAS once more iuh OF Mal'F;
men 81" ,i'i't tne >tfalilig Oh lic snip liid
hohr some fearful work. AN" alter consulting
WIN thc captain we >ouhat" 'he pumps ana
l"'iid nineteen inches vi water. ~ O'Clock
'ial n'.iit we sutili'rd a@ai ana 1oulid twenty
! NV" i'he>. lhrl we derlt'vd 10 man the
| pumps. ana >'i'u'i liiti" WIN tlle sup tossing
na'IN ana now Showing steady lst 10 port.
L'eIH i'" minutes t!ic seas Wo' purge III ON
tlit ''erh. sweeping eN'l!th'lS 1i"Nt''ie. ne
pofi quarter n"ii' was taken liNl'iS OUT OF me
Nhti> 1''''"' every WAY" iHefe Wou'" pc a >hrek
i, 3 some man was carried away from ne pumps.
| l. he u''h> were HOW eoiilnuaiN uNucr water,
liie 'ahii Was stove IN anu liiict' ami As last
resource we l'@Stu me n'i-p'lilp> aid worked
theih rom iIe i"rW;r" mouse. :" t"lslt make
n" "ht'' Oh tiic t'odE Oh water itl iti .oi MO
me snip. ahI was liaA!ii= her roll IKE a Iog.
ana al ii'i''h'1h' We 'c'iitd ilai our onE nope
was l" Keep hrf on ana p,t h'f before the
"i''t' We 'Ileu 'h>' hul >n9 Wo'l" !ot an
! NNcI 70 htT holi an" 'iiie: loH'ii:, Jih ana
>'aS,;li we GaNt up tht i"n.
! we passed tiiat niSht tiir LORD knows how.
a'l'i ""th "t"He>'''H hi1lhih2 'afih. ana II
| '"iit> Soo'i "t'I ! or'oth III ll',e ili-h latl-
iH'''>' we io''ii 'ie snip on hcr hcaiii ems.
/" ca>e litr up II io>>ipit me captain had tne
man ana hiI/h hit> 'Ut away, blit as our Ill
l'l'h ""u'a nave y, 'hi> oHiH hlane matters
worst ne niHIeil l.''Sl III ltliil" stove III the
'n,! tii"' as you sh''i near wa WE
| the S"iN ''loh VI tlps' VINO were saved me
iiE!'i'ha>i .'oNe IN llc ion@ boat. pounded away
III 'he snip i"e 'iiG water ili>iled IKE nilii-
| >ife',il mo 'he hold' ana IL was declded 20
.' .'"nuoh '.t t.ie "Ie'h. ihe ol'N noat itit was
tne iiltpoat: ana lis II was hcin" ll1led from the
| SINGS N'i't 'rdM ioi'i ioid me tii;'t ne 'ouiu
| iot w M va thi>i ii>iH'ea tiiili ne >iotiu
II! 'h'J 'iic po'.' any tla, l M"uiu tru>l 70 the